On Our Own

1977 - 1978 NR 30m 6.6

A short-lived sitcom centering on Julia Peters and Maria Teresa Bonino, two career women living in New York City. The two work for the Bedford Advertising Agency and episodes revolve around their personal lives and their work lives.

Maria Bonino and Julia Peters are two secretaries in a high-powered New York advertising agency. They are promoted to art director and copywriter and begin their new careers with enthusiasm. Other people in the agency are J.M. Bedford, chairman of the board; Toni McBain, the President; April Baxter, a copywriter; Eddie Barnes, a TV commercial producer, and Craig Boatwright, a salesman.

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Episodes:

Episode 2 Wood is Not Good

2. Wood is Not Good

Aired: Oct 16, 1977

A prospective client, Leyland Bartlett, a wood magnate, imbibes too heavily o...

Episode 4 The Battling Boninos

4. The Battling Boninos

Aired: Oct 30, 1977

Maria is visited by her father who is fighting with her mother and it falls o...

Episode 5 Julia in the Dark

5. Julia in the Dark

Aired: Nov 5, 1977

A blackout hits New York City leaving Julia stranded on the thirty-third floo...

Episode 6 Julia's Big Bust

6. Julia's Big Bust

Aired: Nov 12, 1977

Julia's next door neighbor, a Shakespearian actor named Keith Keith leaves hi...

Episode 8 The Odd Couplet

8. The Odd Couplet

Aired: Dec 3, 1977

Maria and Julia face a test of friendship when Maria moves in with Julia whil...

Episode 10 The Blind Date

10. The Blind Date

Aired: Jan 7, 1978

Julia meets a blind radio announcer named "Jack the Bat" and falls for him, o...

Episode 11 The Bare Truth

11. The Bare Truth

Aired: Jan 21, 1978

Maria, Julia, and Eddie are in for a surprise when they get invited to a heal...

Episode 12 Some Like It Glazed

12. Some Like It Glazed

Aired: Jan 28, 1978

Maria's Uncle Vito and his tart tongued assistant will never be the same afte...

Episode 13 The Naked Summer

13. The Naked Summer

Aired: Feb 4, 1978

Julia takes her ketchup commercial to a famous writer, Alexander Butler, auth...

Episode 14 A Friend, Indeed

14. A Friend, Indeed

Aired: Feb 18, 1978

Julia's fun loving, ex-sorority sister, Marilyn no longer having a husband, c...

Episode 15 Arrivederci Toni

15. Arrivederci Toni

Aired: Feb 25, 1978

Toni is a guest on The David Susskind Show and levels her guns at Mr Bedford,...

Episode 16 The Impossible Dream

16. The Impossible Dream

Aired: Mar 4, 1978

Eddie gets caught in a lie when he has to admit that he told some out-of-town...

Episode 21 A Rose Is a Rose...

21. A Rose Is a Rose...

Aired: Apr 22, 1978

When roses arrive at the office addressed to "the most beautiful person In th...

Episode 22 Meet Mr. Meat

22. Meet Mr. Meat

Aired: Apr 29, 1978

After the girls buy into a "monthly freezer with meat" rental, they are surpr...

Info about On Our Own

Current Status: Ended

Network: CBS

Genres: Comedy